Slat for bedsteads



Patented Aug. y13, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER FRASER, ORBAST WHITMAN, ASSIGN OR TO THE ATLAS TACK CORPORATION,`OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.`

sLAT FOR BEDsTEAns.

SPECIFICATION forming par.. of Letters Patent No. 544,615, dated August 13, 1895.

A Application filed December 6, 1894. Serial No. 530,986. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, PETER FRASER, of East Whitman, in the county of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsv in Slats for Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. Y

This invention relates to improvementsl in slats for bedsteads, such as are more especially applicable to iron beds or beds having relatively narrow side rails. In beds of this character it has been difficult to employ deep springs of any kind, because they would raise the level of the bed too high above the-supporting-slats, which difficulty has been overcome by the use of slats supported at each end by hangers; but it was found that with this arrangement slats had to be manufactured for each bed specicallyin order that they might properly engage the side rails-a difficulty which assumes considerable prop orftions, especially when the slats and springs are combined in what is known as an upholstered spring, and it is the object of my present invention to provide a means whereby the slats may be made of uniform size and be capable of an adjustment to fit beds of varying width, the body of the Slat being adapted to be combined with or incorporated inan upholstered spring.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described, and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a slat constructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line :n w, Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The cross-piece or cross-pieces, (as I preferably employ two independent cross-pieces for each slat,) lettered A in the accompanying drawings, are preferably formed upof sheet metal by bending the metal around formers to constitute hollow girders rectangular in cross-section, as show n in Fig. 3, and with the two edges a of the metal brought together and extended downward in the form of a depending web or flange, which gives great strength to the bar. This construction issimple and cheaply and easily manufactured of comparatively light material.

At each end of the cross-pieces A, I provide hooks or hangers composed, essentially, of straight shank vportions B, adapted to tit and slide within the tubular cross-pieces A, Vertically-arranged supports B terminating at the top in hooks B2. The hook portions 1?2 are'united by a connecting-piece B3 at each end of the slat, which connecting-pieces may form the so'le connections between the slatbodies or cross-pieces A before referred to.

In the preferred construction the hangers are formed from strip metal of proper crosssectional area to tit accurately and yet be capable of adjustment within the tubular crosspieoes A, and are bent up into proper' shape with the two vertical supports B in the same `planes as the cross pieces or slats proper A,

whereby the weight supported by the slats exerts a direct pull on the portions VB', and hence does not tend to distort or twist the same. -Where the strip metal is hat, as shown, it will hug closely to the side rail of the bed, and the connecting-piece BS may form a downturned end for preventing inward movement of the hangers when adjusted on the side rail.

With this construction of slat it will be observed that the supporting portion or slat proper lies in a plane below the top of the side rail and at the same time the full strength of said rail is utilized, and it may be of the ordinary iron-bed type. This enables the spring-body to be supported at the ordinary level, and furthermore, inasmuch as beds of the character specified vary somewhat in width, the slat may be easily and quickly adjusted to anyof them.

Should it be desired, the -slatbodies or cross-pieces A may be easily combined with an upholstered spring in the ordinary manner, and the hangers, being located outside of the edges of the spring, are easily adjusted in position to fit beds of varying width.

By hooking the ends of the Slat over the 5 side rails a safeguard is provided against the separation of the slats and side rails and all danger of the springs being dropped `is overcome.

Having thus described my invention, what l. A foundation cross piece or Slat for spring bed bottoms com posed of cross pieces or slats proper having tubular guides therein and upwardly extending hooks or hangers having i5 the ends bent to enter said tubular guides,

said hooks or hangers having upright portions at `the ends of the slats or cross pieces terminating at the top in hooks With a conlying in the saine planes as the Gross pieces,

the hook portions B2 and the connecting pieces B3; substantially as described.

PETER FRASER. Titnessesz ALEX. S. STEUART, A. M. KELLY. 

